Revelation 17:1-6

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The Doom of Babylon

17 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment and doom of the great ^[a]prostitute who is seated ^[b]on many waters [influencing nations],^(A) ²she with whom the kings of the earth have ^[c]committed acts of immorality, and the inhabitants of the earth have become intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”^(B) ³And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was ^[d]entirely covered with blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.^(C) ⁴The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold, precious stones and pearls, [and she was] holding in her hand a gold cup full of the abominations and the filth of her [sexual] immorality.^(D) ⁵And on her forehead a name was written, a mystery: “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES (false religions, heresies) AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” ⁶I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints (God’s people), and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus [who were martyred]. When I saw her, I wondered in amazement.

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Footnotes

Revelation 17:1 Some have thought that the prostitute symbolizes a corrupt, apostate religious system.
Revelation 17:1 For the meaning of the waters in this prophetic context, see v 15.
Revelation 17:2 This may be a figurative reference to cult worship practices and idolatry.
Revelation 17:3 Lit full of.

Revelation 12:5-6

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The Male Child, Christ

⁵And she gave birth to a Son, a male Child, who is destined to rule (shepherd) all the nations with a rod of iron; and her Child was ^[a]caught up to God and to His throne.^(A) ⁶Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that she would be nourished there for a thousand two hundred and sixty days (forty-two months; three and one-half years).

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